Social care and health is a people-intensive sector. Whilst technology and science will always make significant contributions to how we provide care, the essential tasks are carried out by people, for people.
The Government has launched an extended consultation, providing public and stakeholders the opportunityy to say what they think should be in the National Autism Stratgey for England, due to be launched later this year.
Reaction to the Budget
Age Concern and Help the Aged (22 April)
Carers UK (22 April)
Learning Disability Coalition (24 April)
Counsel and Care (22 April)
The LGA (22 April)
Steve Barnett, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation (22 April)
General
Age Concern and Help the Aged on the forthcoming Equality Bill. (24 April)
SCIE on the launch of the Adult Social Care Workforce [...]
Working to Put People First: The Strategy for the Adult Social Care Workforce in England provides a framework to support the transformation of the adult social care workforce.
The Government Green Paper on care and support reform in England will be published in June, it had been confirmed.
The timing was announced as part of Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling’s 2009 Budget.
“Demographic trends will result in a substantial increase in the number of people in need of care and support," the Budget report states. "Delivering a care [...]
A weekly update showing media coverage of the Green Paper and wider care and support issues. Click on the link to read the article or news item.
The Daily Mail reports on the plight of pensioners in the recession, and speculates on when the care and support Green Paper will be announced. (15 April)
BBC News Online [...]
A weekly update showing media coverage of the Green Paper and wider care and support issues. Click on the link to read the article or news item.
Green Paper Coverage
The Daily Telegraph reports that older people could pay for care home places out of their estates. (11 April)
Panorama's care home investigation
The Daily Telegraph , Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mail report [...]
What the media are saying about care and support.
Welcome to my new blog.
2009 is a big year in social care. We are reforming the care and support system, and there are several pieces of major work in the pipeline.
One of the main aims of this blog is to give a flavour of what is happening as things progress, and to give you the [...]
